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[CITE: 28USC1361]

 
               TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
 
                     PART IV--JURISDICTION AND VENUE
 
                CHAPTER 85--DISTRICT COURTS; JURISDICTION
 
Sec. 1361. Action to compel an officer of the United States to 
        perform his duty
        
    The district courts shall have original jurisdiction of any action 
in the nature of mandamus to compel an officer or employee of the United 
States or any agency thereof to perform a duty owed to the plaintiff.

(Added Pub. L. 87-748, Sec. 1(a), Oct. 5, 1962, 76 Stat. 744.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 18 section 923; title 25 
section 2103; title 42 sections 300j-9, 5851, 7622.
